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also asked questions related to the how many of these events are likely to be moved to <br />the Washington Horse Park, as well as the likelihood of organizing new events. <br />Most organizations have two types of events. The first category is small events, <br />involving a single day and a small portion of the organization's membership. These <br />tend to be more frequent, but involve much smaller numbers of horses per event <br />(averaging 65 in our sample). These events are usually spread out among multiple <br />facilities, often local fairgrounds. We estimated that very few of these events would be <br />held at the WSHP-we assumed one per organization. This resulted in 260 horse days <br />from four events. <br />The other category of event involves a larger number of horses (averaging 150 In our <br />sample) and multiple days. In assessing potential demand, we included one major <br />event for each organization, unless the organizatiori official indicated that all events <br />were held at one other location and a new venue was desired (e.g. WSHJA, with five <br />events at Monroe which could all switch). In the case of one organization using Oregon <br />fairgrounds (AMHA Region 8), we concluded it was unlikely the WSHP will acquire any <br />business. In calculating horse days for multlple day events, we added one day to each <br />event. It is our understanding that most competitors arrive the day before major events, <br />resulting In another day of stall rentals. This overstates demand, for while stall, feed <br />and shavings will be purchased, other revenue sources such as arena rentals or food <br />concessions will not occur. Based on these assumptions, surveyed demand was <br />10,630 horse days from 11 multiple day events. The survey included 24 multiple day <br />events at all locations, so our assumptjons result in approximately half of surveyed <br />multiple day events switching to the WSHP. We wil.1 consider this number, 10,630, as <br />our conservative estimate of demand. <br />Our survey did not contact all Washington equestrian organizations, although it is likely <br />that we contacted the majority of the larger organization. There may al~ be <br />25